HR 1450 IH
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1450
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the Council
of the District of Columbia to impose a tax on the income of professional
baseball players which is earned within the District of Columbia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 26, 2003
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Government Reform
A BILL
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the Council
of the District of Columbia to impose a tax on the income of professional
baseball players which is earned within the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PERMITTING COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO IMPOSE INCOME
TAX ON VISITING PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYERS.
Section 602(a)(5) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec.
1-206.02(a)(5), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking `not a resident of
the District' and inserting the following: `not a resident of the District,
except that the Council may impose such a tax on such an individual to the
extent that the income is derived from services rendered within the District
as a member of a professional baseball team'.
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